REED & BARTON  (active 1824 – present) Taunton, MA

Candlesticks  1928

Sterling silver with Hoffmann-like fluted base and bobêches with undulating stem and palm leaf like terminating detail.

Marks: eagle R (in a shield) lion, Sterling, 1000, cement reinforced, eagle (date mark for 1928).

Model illustrated: Vanity Fair (Dec. 1928, Vol. 31), p. 120., Reed & Barton Vintage Catalog, p. 10, plate number 1000.

For more information on Reed & Barton see: Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers, Dorothy T. Rainwater (West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1986), p. 156-160.

These candlesticks retailed for $19 in 1928.

H: 10″ x Dia: 4 1/2″